# Grain Highlights 16.12.2020

> The Russian government is considering an export duty on sunflower oil of 15% or at least 135 EUR per ton. Ukrainian seaports shipped 820,000 tons of sunflower oil in November, up 170% from October.

- Date: 2020-12-16 · published 2020-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49510-grain-highlights-16-12-2020
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A possible Russian duty would tighten global sunflower oil supply and support vegetable oil prices, but the measure is still under consideration.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-04-17 | [Sunflower Highlights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71618-sunflower-highlights.md) | +2.4% | +4.6% |
| SBO | 2026-03-27 | [Soybean Futures Drop After EPA Releases New RFS Rules -- Daily Grain Highlights \| MarketScreener UAE Emirates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20196-soybean-futures-drop-after-epa-releases-new-rfs-rules-daily-grain-highlights.md) | +2.3% | +4.4% |
| SBO | 2017-03-02 | [Canola's rally pushes cash prices higher - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72117-canola-s-rally-pushes-cash-prices-higher-grainews.md) | -3.5% | -6.6% |
| SBO | 2026-06-15 | [Processing Journal \| Clean Fuels Alliance America Highlights…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15020-processing-journal-clean-fuels-alliance-america-highlights.md) | -1.4% | +5.4% |
| SBO | 2025-06-16 | [Soyoil around 18-month highs, grains fall on good crop weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5344-soyoil-around-18-month-highs-grains-fall-on-good-crop-weather.md) | +4.7% | +6.0% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/15912

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